Month: June 2009

From “The Dean” to Dean Street, Spartanburg has taken what Mayor Bill Barnet called “another great step” in its downtown evolution and commitment to higher education. Barely eight months after the University of South Carolina Upstate broke ground on …
source:http://www.goupstate.com/article/20090630/ARTICLES/906301022/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Spartanburg-Community-College-to-offer-city-campus

A PIONEERING link-up between Oxford’s college of further education and Oxford City FC is giving teenagers a chance to play football — and net a qualification at the same time. Oxford and Cherwell Valley College is to run sports courses at Oxford …
source:http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/4467380.Oxford_City_FC_teams_up_with_college/

Recalculating the state’s formula for funding higher education will take some higher math, but one part of the equation is already in place. Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford and Assemblyman John Oceguera, the heir apparent to the Assembly …
source:http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jun/30/north-south-fight-over-money-may-get-new-life/

@Editorial body:The cost of a public university and college education in New Hampshire is going up this fall — 6.2 percent at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, 4.8 percent at Plymouth State College, 5.6 percent at Keene State College and 4 …
source:http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090629/GJOPINION_01/706299872

Peter McPherson and David Shulenburger (“Yes, We Can Expand Access to Higher Ed,” op-ed, June 20) suggest that without a higher proportion of college graduates “our country’s prominence is at risk.” None of their evidence establishes a link between …
source:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124581412896145273.html

AP Education Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) â?? The Obama administration plans to simplify the federal college aid form, which at 153 questions drives millions of families to give up before they finish it. President Barack Obama wants to make the form …
source:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8573720

“We established ‘CU Supports You’ to help alleviate some of the costs associated with a college degree and to help students reach their goal of a college education,” Cameron President Cindy Ross said. Ross said 72 percent of Cameron students …
source:http://newsok.com/cameron-boosts-assistance/article/3380246?custom_click=rss

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said Monday it was awarding $16.5 million to 15 community colleges and five states in an effort to help struggling students complete college. The Development Education Initiative will award the funding to …
source:http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/06/22/daily9.html

Editor’s Note: Driven by university innovation, Polytechnic Elementary School opened its doors in 2008 to students in kindergarden through sixth grade, and launched what would become a promising partnership between Arizona State University and …
source:http://asunews.asu.edu/20090622_polyelementary

Average, that is, in tuition costs. For decades, Florida has prided itself in providing a world-class university education at bargain basement prices. Last year, according to The College Board, the average Florida college student paid $3,792 in …
source:http://www.theledger.com/article/20090618/NEWS/906175022?Title=A-Long-Unpleasant-Journey

One in six is now classed as “Neet” – not in education, employment or training – compared to one-in-eight when the Government came to power. The overall number of school-leavers aged 16 to 18 plunged into the category has also soared in the last 12 …
source:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5549175/Neets-more-teenagers-without-education-jobs-or-training.html

There are fears the body responsible for funding England’s further education colleges could face its third cash crisis in a year, the BBC has learned. Colleges fear the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) may not fund all of the apprenticeships it has …
source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8101019.stm